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gentilii
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ID
1985
Flowering Season
Flower Quantity
Flower Fragrance
Inflorescence
containing 3 male flowers and 1 terminal female flower, positioned at the base of the plant;
Peduncle
simple, 2.5-3.0 cm long, sparsely hirsute with long, patent hairs;
Bracts
4, broadly elliptic to circular, 1.7-2.5 mm long; margin denticulate, ciliate.
Pedicels
Males elongated at anthesis up to 25 mm; Females sessile or on a very short, 0.65 mm long pedicel;
Bracteoles
Male Flower Type
Single
Male Flower Size
9.5-14 x 9-14 mm;
Male Tepals
broadly elliptic-obovate, with a cuneate base,
Male Flower Colour
Orange yellow
Androecium
with 11 stamens; column 0.25 mm long; anthers 1.2-1.7 mm long.
Female Flower Size
6-13 x 8.5-15 mm;
Female Tepals
Female Flower Colour
Gynoecium
Ovary obovate-elliptic, 6.5-7.2 x 3.3-4.0 mm,
Placentation
4 locular
Ovary Wings
4-winged in the apical 2/3; the locular part obovate-elliptic, 2.1-3.3 mm wide; beak present, 1.0 mm long; wings elliptic-obovate, 0.25-0.7 mm wide.
Fruit Type